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wiLLiAM-HENRY SHURTLEFF, or -PRoviDENon nunon-ISLAND, Lanai Parent No. 65,615, and Jamil, 1867; @mcafee May 9,1867.

IMPROVEMENT IN BUTTON-LGING HOOKS.

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TO WHOM IT MAY CONCERN: i

' Beit knownthat I, WILLIAM HENRY SHUn'rLurr, of Providence, in the county of Providence, andState of Rhode Island, have invented certain new `and usetul improvements in Lacing for Boots, Shoes, and other articles; and I hereby declare the'following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, in whichi Figure I represents in perspective a lacing-hook and button and Figure-2, alike view of a modification of the same.

Figures 3 and 4 being sectional views ot' thefdevices shown respectively in iigs. 1 and 2. v

i My invention relates to that kind of' lacing device consisting ot' a combined hook'and button for which Letters Patent have been heretofore granted me,and itsobject is to b etteradrapt the device for general use by so constructing it that the hook, or lacing-stay'proper, may be attached to and used with a button made separately from the hook, and composed of rubber, hoof,-metal,'or other suitable material, moulded or otherwise shaped in any desired form. To do this I make the lacing-hook oti a strip of metal, cut'or stamped into` the proper size and sha-pe, one end being sha-pod like a disk, fromvwhich extcndpprongs for holding the hook in place. The metal strip is then bent so as to form a hook, the disk from which the prongs extend lying ina plane parallel, or nearly so, with that part ofthe strip which forms the upper jaw ot' thehook. The upper end' or shank ofthe strip is bent upwards at right angles to the plane of the'disk. The hook thus formed is 'attached to a buttonlmade of rubber, hoof, or like-material, by heating it, and then pressing the. upper part, while in this heated state, into the button. If the button is of metal the hook can bejattached thereto by soldering or brazing, or other suitablerneans; or the hook may bc united with either a metal, or rubber, or other button, by having the shank ot' the hook extend upward through the button, and then riveting it.l

To enable those skilled in the art to understand and use my invention, I will now proceed to describe it,

by reference to the accompanying drawings.

`In iig. 1 the device is turned upside down, so as to show more clearly the arrangementotzparts.. The lacing-hook or stay consists of a piece of metal, a, one end, b, of which is disk-shaped, and has attached 4to it prongs c, which pass through the'leather or cloth to which the-button and hook areto be secured, and are then clenched. From thejdisk the metal strip extendsa short distance, then is bent so as to form a hook, c, the upper portion of the strip being in a plane parallel, or nearlyso, tothe planeof the disk. The upper end .or shank d, fig. 3, is bent soas to be atright angles,'or -thereabouts, tothe plane ot'V the disk, as bereinbefo're mentioned. The hook thus formed is attached, as shown in'iig. 3, to abuttonf, ot' hoof, rubber, or kother like material, shaped and ornamented .to suit the taste of the wearer. The-hook being heatedyits 4upper end is pressed against and into the under side of the button, and is embedded firmly and tightly therein. The shank d is inserted in or ne'ar the centre of thev button, so as to avoid the injury or displacing of the latter, which might occurit` *it4 were inserted near the edge. In figs. 2 and 4: a. modification of the device is shown, the shank fl being, in this case, carried up through the button, and there riveted at g. 4 Ifthefbutton be made of metal, the shank d, as above mentioned, may be soldered or' brazcd to it, or secured thereto in any other suitableV manncr. The stock of which the hook is made may be either flat or wire-shaped.' The hook c is curved transversely, so as to prevent the abrasion ot' the lacing-cord. i

Having described my invention, and the manner in which the saine is or may becarried into effect, what I ciaim, and desire to secure by'Letters Pat-ont, is as follows:

1. I claim making a button-hook in which the hook is within the periphery of and eccentric to the button, of .two separate and distinct parts, united together at or'near the centre of the button substantially as herein,

shown andl described. .V

2. As a new article of manufact-ure, Iolam aiming-hook and button, in which the button is made of horn,

hoof, rubber, or other like material, and the hook of metal, the two being combined together substantially in the manner herein4 shown and described. f v

In'- testimony whereof I have signed my name to'this specification before twosubscribing witnesses.

WM. HENRY SHURTLEFF.

Witnesses:

Taos. J. PECKHAM, H. A. Onurcx. 

